Thanks for your answer. The trace or logger problem is only one consequence of my charset problem. My question is then how can I do if I want to send an utf-8 encoded string to trace ?
To sum up, what I really want is that my flex app only deals with utf-8. So first of all is it possible ? If it's no, maybe someone know an external library that would help to do that ? One question left, if I take your logger example, you will face the same problem if you want your log file to be encoded in utf-8, won't you ? How would you achieve that ? 2013/8/29 Mark Line <markl...@gmail.com> > I think é is turning into é because trace() only outputs in UTF-8 while > the input of is probably in latin1. Which means the way the characters are > stored as binary data with differ. > > I don't think you will get a bug fixed or similar trace is just a low level > function of flash player used for debugging/development. > > Maybe write your own logger? That’s what I currently do in a large project > and dependant on the target (fp/air/mobile) do different things with the > output. EG on Air create a rolling log file > > -----Original Message----- > From: manitas manitas [mailto:manitas0...@gmail.com] > Sent: 29 August 2013 12:26 > To: users > Subject: Re: Pb with special characters and accents > > Thank you so much Mark, it works with the escape function. > > This workaround works but doesn't help me to understand the whole thing, > does it means URLVariables use a different default charset ? how to change > it ? Is it relevant create a bug report for that ? > > and I still have my 2 others questions : > Why the output of trace("omé") is omé ? Is it relevant create a bug > report > for that ? > Where I can find documentation to know how to manage charset in a flex app > ? > > Thanks in advance for your support. > > > > 2013/8/29 Mark Line <markl...@gmail.com> > > > If you don't mind the overhead you can use the escape and unescape > > functions (build into flash player, so they are (or at least seem) to > > be performant) > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: manitas manitas [mailto:manitas0...@gmail.com] > > Sent: 29 August 2013 11:38 > > To: users > > Subject: Re: Pb with special characters and accents > > > > Thanks for your help. > > > > The fact is that If you look at the snippet in my previous email I > > don't think it's a transfer problem. > > The charset problem happens before the transfer so I think that even > > if I put the data inside a XML the resulting string won't be correct. > > > > By the way I only transfer small Strings. > > > > Maybe I'm wrong but I think that the real questions are why > > URLVariables is not able to transform my accent correctly ? > > and even without using URLVariables why the output of trace("omé") is > > omé ? > > and more generaly how do you manage charset in a flex app ? (I didn't > > manage to find any good documentation about this) > > > > > > > > 2013/8/29 Miguel Ferreira <miguel.cd.ferre...@hotmail.com> > > > > > Hi, > > > I don't know what data type are you transferring to your server > > > side.In my last application i had to use JSON and inside a XML with > > > data about text (pages of text!). > > > To not loose the content i add to create a child on the XML item for > > > the content with cdata like this: > > > private function addChildCDATA(text:String):XML { > > > return new XML("<![CDATA[" + text+ "]]\>"); > > > } > > > This solved my problem. > > > In other project i used base64 encode on the front-end and decoding > > > on back-end. > > > Try this both alternatives and i hope that helps with your problem. > > > Miguel. > > > > > > > Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 12:12:45 +0200 > > > > Subject: Re: Pb with special characters and accents > > > > From: manitas0...@gmail.com > > > > To: users@flex.apache.org > > > > > > > > Thanks for your help but the problem seems to be related to the > > > > charset used by the app before or during the encoding of the post > vars. > > > > > > > > The class URLVariables normally does the encoding to standard post > > > > variables for me so that non-asci characters are transformed that way > : > > > > http://www.degraeve.com/reference/urlencoding.php > > > > > > > > Here is a snippet of my problem: > > > > var variables:URLVariables = new URLVariables(); > > > > variables.var1 = "omé"; > > > > trace(variables.toString); > > > > > > > > the trace output is > > > > var1=om%C3%A9 > > > > > > > > instead of > > > > var1=om%E9 > > > > > > > > Any idea ? > > > > > > > > Do you know how to force UTF-8 charset for an adobe air app ? > > > > > > > > > > > > 2013/8/29 Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> > > > > > > > > > I think that is two different issues. There is a standard for > > > > > POST > > > data > > > > > and you probably have to encode non-ascii characters. See > > > > > encode() > > > method. > > > > > > > > > > On 8/28/13 3:04 PM, "manitas manitas" <manitas0...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > >Thanks for your answer. > > > > > > > > > > > >I have just test to put an accent directly in the trace > > > > > >function like > > > this > > > > > > : trace("é"); > > > > > >And there is the same encoding issue so it should not be a > > > > > >problem > > > from > > > > > >the > > > > > >TextInput. > > > > > > > > > > > >You said I can't rely on the trace function but this encoding > > > > > >problem > > > also > > > > > >appears when I directly the "é" to a remote server using the > > > > > >POST > > > method > > > > > >of > > > > > >an URLRequest. > > > > > > > > > > > >I'm completely stucked, do you have any idea how to investigate > > > further ? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >2013/8/28 Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> > > > > > > > > > > > >> trace() is a low-level Flash debugger feature. I'm not sure > > > > > >>you can rely on it regarding character sets. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> On 8/28/13 1:56 PM, "manitas manitas" <manitas0...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > >> > > > > > >> >Hi, > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> >I'm using the apache flex 4.10 sdk to develop an Adobe Air > > > > > >> >desktop > > > app > > > > > >>for > > > > > >> >Windows. > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> >I have a problem with special characters and accents. > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> >In fact all my mxml file starts with the following line : > > > > > >> ><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> >but when I try to get the text of a spark TextInput and > > > > > >> >trace it > > > in the > > > > > >> >output console or send it to a remote server there is a > > > > > >> >problem of > > > > > >>charset > > > > > >> >encoding. > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> >For example if I type "é" in the TextInput the display is ok > > > > > >> >in > > > the app > > > > > >> >but > > > > > >> >if I get and trace the text of this TextInput I have this : > > > > > >> >é > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> >I don't know what I'm missing and where to find the encoding > > > > > >>configuration > > > > > >> >for my app. > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> >Thanks in advance for your help. > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> >Best regards > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
